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Post by evergreen on Aug 20, 2023 21:53:18 GMT
What shall I do with a CD that is a very poor recording? The pianist is very plonky and the orchestra sounds as if they just want to get through it as quickly as possible. There is no soul in the music at all. I know the pieces well as I have other recordings of them, so I know this CD doesn’t stand up well against the other recordings. I don’t like throwing things away that aren’t broken, but if I give it to a charity shop, it could be the first CD of classical music that someone has bought and it could put them off. For some reason I’m wrestling with this dilemma without reaching a decision, so should I bin it or give it to a charity shop - what would you do?
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Post by keff on Aug 21, 2023 6:22:24 GMT
I think I would keep it in my collection just as a reminder of the variability of how music can be played.
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Post by Zi on Aug 21, 2023 8:11:55 GMT
I really like keff's reply! I think it depends on how much space you have. I hang on to just about every recording I have but Mr Z is a lot more circumspect. Anything that offends his ears gets hung on string to act as wood-pigeon deterrents. It doesn't work so I don't mind if he does it. I like wood-pigeons! It is supposed to work. But that is slightly puzzling as chickens apparently love CDs hung from strings - if you know anyone with chickens. There used to be lists of things you could do with old CDs - I think one was using it as a coaster...  |
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Post by Zi on Sept 3, 2023 16:21:11 GMT
evergreen - Did you decide what to do? Mr Z and I discussed it and we really sympathised with your position but we didn't come to any conclusions...
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Post by pavane on Sept 6, 2023 16:17:27 GMT
I can absolutely guarantee that old CDs don't deter seagulls. I fear CDs will end up becoming another one of those problem items that there is no way of getting rid of them and nobody knows what to do with them. I used to think that at least they lasted more-or-less indefinitely so would always, at least potentially, be useful. They have a good lifespan, but it's not indefinite. Even if it was, I have noticed recently that it's no longer easy to get a decent quality but not ridiculously expensive CD player, so there is a risk that they will end up unplayable simply because there is nothing to play them on, rather like VHS tapes. I have no idea how many bazillion CDs have been made, and then put in a handy plastic box, and then shrink wrapped in plastic, but overall it's a lot of pretty indestructible plastic hanging around.
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Post by Zi on Sept 9, 2023 9:33:23 GMT
I suspect you're right. And I offer as 'proof' a fragment of an unknown which one of our resident moles has kicked up in his excavations in our courtyard... I bet archaeologists will be digging them up for millennia...
I haven't looked at CD players. I had two very decent ones - one has gone all funny so I'm now on the last one... Mr Z bought a new CD player several years ago for his study and then the same model for our sitting room. It plays OK but if there was a competition to be the most annoying CD player ever then it wins!
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Post by keff on Sept 9, 2023 9:53:18 GMT
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Post by Zi on Sept 10, 2023 8:21:53 GMT
That looks seriously attractive! I don't have a CD player in the barn - where I do my craft work stuff so I could do some jiggling round of players. The one in my study is seriously old and as I said, the sitting room one is seriously annoying.
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